Category: Parenting & Random Musings

Category: Parenting & Random Musings

My first batch of class 10…

“A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops”– Henry Adams       I realized today how true this statement was…. Today being the last working day for my class 10 students, lots of things were on the cards.  First was a temple visit to get the

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My first All women trip

In one of my previous posts –  https://kalpavrikshafarm.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/breaking-the-invisible-barrier-2/, I had mentioned about this trip. This is in continuation with that, a part II series of that post, if I may say. Though I had decided to join the all women trip with my friends and colleagues, the weeks leading up

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Breaking the invisible barrier

I had a much shielded childhood. No… I wasn’t pampered. Just that even simple tasks like going to a bank, post office or doing anything outside the four walls of my house was always taken care of by my mom, dad or anyone other than me.  And no, my family

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My fitness buddy

I am so happy that after so many months of nudging my husband to join yoga, he finally showed some interest and it’s been a month to be exact, since he joined my yoga class. He is definitely happy to have taken that much needed  step and is enjoying himself.

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Andaman – The Untouched Paradise

Come April and we start wondering about how are we going to spend our precious summer holidays. And by we, I mean I, because quite frankly I am the only crazy one who starts the feverish search for a perfect destination and that too only in the last moment. Being

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Lazy Parents Make Happy Kids And Happy Families!

Let me start by saying that I am guilty of being the exact opposite of what I am writing about, (at least for the first few years) and that’s what makes me the best person to talk about this. First and foremost, I want to confess that I was a

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Welcome to the Fabulous Forties!

You know, I have heard this statement more often than I would like to admit, ”Age is just a number”. And don’t worry, I’m not about to repeat that here. Okay, so this past year I turned 40, and let me tell you, if you are thinking that it’s so

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The month of Margazhi

Decembers in Chennai are synonymous with music festivals and Kutcheris, and spirituality at its peak with the onset of the auspicious month of Margazhi; As a teenager I had a love-hate relationship with this month as it meant that my mom would wake me up at the crack of dawn,

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My First Bloggers Meet:

This Saturday was special as it was the day I was going to attend my first ever bloggers meet at Grand by GRT at Chennai. Meeting fellow bloggers and putting a face to the names which I had known for about a year and a half was definitely something I

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What A Mother Of 15 Years Can Tell A New Mother…

Today I have a 15 year old. Wow! Feels crazy to be typing this. It does not feel like 15 years since we were first “sleep deprived, confused, terrified, ecstatic, desperately wondering how in the world did God trust us to do this” new parents. She’s my eldest child. And you know

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